<p>I was the Secretary of a club ( fall semester) but resigned a couple weeks ago due to personal reasons.</p>
<p>Can I still put that on my UC Application? A lot of people told me I should since it's almost the end of Fall semester. </p>
<p>I don't know what to do. please help</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I'd put it on, but make a note that you had to resign later in the semester.</p>
<p>I know a guy who made up many of his extracurriculars he put on his application, and not small positions either, im talking about being president of a nonexistant club on campus for example. Well he not only got into Cal and UCLA he got into Columbia as well. So in your case I would say just put you were secretary and do not say that you resigned, I mean why make things complicated? And honestly, do you really think the University of California has the resources to check everyone's extracurriculars? And even if they did, secretary of a club would be in my opinion not the first thing they would check.</p>
<p>Wow, are you actually encouraging people to lie on their applications?</p>
<p>I wouldn't listen to this idiot; the UCs DO actually check a handful of applicants' extracurriculars each year. Also, don't get me even started on what the repercussions are if they do find out you lied on your app.</p>
<p>i wouldnt advise it at all. uc's dont care too much about extracurricular. a secretary isnt anything special either. the only thing putting it can do is hurt you. say you were to get accepted w/o it and they check to make sure you didnt lie.. you can get revoked.</p>
<p>Do I call it lying? Yeah. It sounds like you were only secretary of this club for like month and a half, which really isn't close to a semester.</p>
<p>Practically speaking, your chances of getting caught are minimal, especially because you were actually secretary at one point in time. If a UC calls and asks someone about your status the person they talk to might not even mention that you had to resign. The chances of a UC choosing you, then choosing that club and then talking to someone who mentions that you resigned are very small.</p>
<p>I knew people who made up really appalling stuff. They said they said they ran clubs they'd never been a member of, did research in labs they'd never been to and won awards they didn't. None of them got caught and they went on to some really amazing schools. So yeah, lots of people do a lot worse than you and don't get caught, but that really isn't the question. If you think it's lying, you have to ask yourself if it's worth telling a small lie to increase your chances of admission. That's a question you have to answer yourself.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, just leave it off. Why take the chance? I highly doubt being secretary of some club is going to increase your chances at all.</p>
<p>As for people completely lying about running clubs they'd never been a part of and doing research in labs, it's just the world we live, as screwed up as it is. It just burns me inside though that these people are taking spots away from actual legit students who truthfully fill out their apps. I'm just waiting on anchor to release that anger for me.</p>
<p>the UC's randomly choose 10% from the entire pool and request evidence for everything you put down on the apps and give you about a month to submit everything, and if you dont.........</p>
<p>unless the club has to do with your major, i dont think itll make a really big difference</p>
<p>By everything, what do you mean other than extracurricular activities? I have an education gap for this semester, so would I have to provide proof of why I didn't take any classes this semester?</p>
<p>i highly doubt that they are ganna find out..</p>
<p>not worth it.</p>